…and now, for something completely different.

As you probably have noticed, Boston has a pretty rich theater community — and over the next few days, we’ll be focusing on a few local companies: friends of ours who are offering ticket discounts for members of the Emerson community!

Watch this space today, tomorrow, and Thursday. If folks are fans (like the links on Facebook, or leave a note in the comments), perhaps we’ll make this a regular series!

And now, we’re pleased to present our first featured production, from Puppet Showplace Theatre:

“The Orphan Circus”by Les Sages Fous

Les Sages Fous are an award-winning company from Québec, Canada. Their celebrated “unusual” performance style combines puppetry, live acting, and ingenious production design. “The Orphan Circus” is an awe-inspiring theatrical experience where two junk peddlers create a small circus of visual tableaux evoking the life of a cabaret troupe of derelicts and misfits — a place where the gruesome become the beauties and even impossible love can be fulfilled. Watch a short trailer about The Orphan Circus (NOTE: this link doesn’t include ticketing information)